developer is more like a businessman. imagine they have RM10,000,000 property they hold, and they don't mind hold it for 10 years and earn the difference in pricing 10 years later which is RM15,000,000 worth that time, that's mean they invest RM10mil for 50% over 10 year or fixed 5% a year. if that is enough then ma do this la. but trust me sell the property and develop is even more profit than this 5% average. so developer want earn more? sell early and do bigger development.

bear in mind container itself is just a build without foundation

so in order to complete this "container house", u must first complete the substructure work, a platform whereby the container can sit firmly.

just like normal house, before we start the building above ground level, have to ensure the foundation is sufficient for the house. but of course there are many different of foundation can be achieve. some perhaps movable. definitely a lot of work to be done. to makesure that this container is safe, u need to have a professional engineer to endorse it is safe. only when got all these PE endorsement, local authority only will consider giving clearance if u want thing to be done legally.

overall it won't be really cost saving if u want this to be done correctly. even it might save the cost, it will still bother u as so much of thing to be maintain.

what is ur position right now?

Developer > Consultant > Main Contractor > Subcontractor

remove windows and take measurement of glass 1 day
cut the glass in factory 1 day
fix the glass at te house 1 day

3 days.

competent contractor within 1 day, morning measure the glass on site, call factory to fabricate the given size and deliver on afternoon, fix on evening done.

ic. did u find out the reason? sometimes is because contractor didn't comply some requirement.

ic. well maybe u cut their fee too much so they not bother to reply u?

if those are consultant firm that taking a lot of project they will probably have no time to bother u if other project is on fire. usually will have meeting in weekly basis? CCM client consultant meeting

hmm. how do I describe, the element of building work called substructure work. imagine u want to build on the slope side, do u think u can just put the entire container like the bottom part of video, definitely cannot right?

so say we put it in the flat ground, how do u be sure that the ground won't settle? to be sure u need to get a professional engineer to certify it is safe. civil engineer (PE) carry liability for lifetime and to be sure it's safe and comply to their professionalism, they will introduce the solid foundation. at least a simple footing require below ground at the 4 corner point of container. container will transfer the load to that footing.

oic. i thought is the general container that hoist and fix u talking about. ya, in this photo they already have a foundation that can cater the load. so it's just a house made by container

if u like the modular design, well there are even more option beside container. this is what it term as IBS industrialize Building System. Basically IBS reduce the work at actual house location and more work at factory. prefabrication in factory and quick assemble at site.

search the app "magic plan" and draw urself by phone camera scanning ur house. so easy

the bolt and nut probably is attach to the foundation or footing already. like following photo. that way it transfer to the foundation that bury below the ground.

not so sure what position u in. imagine ur customer is mai contractor, and u are subcontractor. then ur customer have to give u payment certificate, then only u can generate the invoice base on that certificate. reasoning is because of introduction of GST, if u invoice ur customer more, then u have to pay the GST if they decided to pay u less.

if u a contractor that do everthing and charge to ur customer, then better get consent of the cost first. else u will end up paying GST for nothing.

cost = unknown

what wall is that? concrete wall? brickwall? hacking concrete wall is difficult so cost is higher compare to hack brickwall.

construction of concrete wall need foundation. brickwall need minimal foundation. so cost different also.

best is demolish old wall then only start to build new wall.

depend on what kind of contract u enter. lump sum contract? or contract base on quantity constructed? contingency sum is for the sake of some budget to be buffer around in case additional cost require due to some issue that arise in future. provisional sum is due to the cost of work cannot be determine so they allow as provisional cost. in future the cost could be less or more than provisional cost. but better allow some instead of nothing right? the client thinking is always there have a cost in mind they don't wanna forecast wrongly. imagine u wanna sell a house to purchaser, u have to determine a selling cost right? if in future u need more cost to build, do u think u can change the selling price that u had sign S&P agreement with purchaser?

Traditional = client engage consultant to design and engage contractor to build. design to come out first b4 contractor can bid the price. taken up time but cost is certain b4 construction start.

Design and Build = client engage contractor to design and build. this mean contractor will engage consultant in this case, not by client. cost is uncertain. however depend on what kind of contract contractor enter, some competent contractor can give an agreed price and guaranty satisfy client by a conceptual idea given by client. that's the competency! contractor that get the job will start the work even the design not complete yet. design and construction do concurrently.

Management Contracting = this is unusual here. reason is commercial issue. client always have a budget. but the cost cannot be determine b4 construction start. the cost only can be know part by part progressively and final cost only can be certain during final stage.

QS is an option. not really require if the cost can be agree between client & contractor.

1. depend on what the client want. got plenty of land, build landed, got no much land, build high rise. beside that also see if the developer is target which market. with garage mostly is rich pipu, no?

2. excel is just a spreadsheet. just table out the item require and price it. like u need Qty x Unit Rate = Amount. example 3m3 concrete x RM300 = RM900

3. want to be profitable? just use pearl grass / cow grass. cheap and green

good brick need furnace to burn, clay brick. so, no thanks. don't really need cement sand brick.

go weight urself? gauge 22 (0.644mm) is bigger than gauge 28 (0.321mm). curi ayam?

small hole? use those sealant that is paintable 1.

4000 x 200 = RM800,000 lo

what work u wanna tender? all trade? or just certain trade?

depend which level u want to be in. there are many party 1.

main contractor don't have much capital. they just hire a management team, they have probably some cash flow capacity, then they hire subcontractors do the work for them. client pay main contractor, then main contractor pay subcontractor. main contractor just earn abt 5% profit only. example client pay main contractor 155, so RM50 goes to expenses and overhead main contractor incurred, RM100 go to subcontractor, RM5 is profit.

generally main contractor is a middle man that don't have any labour and material but still can delivery a building and making money.

just like uber is a taxi company that didn't own any vehicle and they don't fetch passenger personally and yet still making money.

just like airbnb is a house renting company that didn't own any houses hence they no property to rent yet still making money.

just like alibaba is a company selling goods online yet they didn't own any goods and still making good money.